Paper-roll holder.



0.0. GUBRIE. PAPER ROLL HOLDER. APPLICATION rum) Arms, 1914.

' Patented min l t-[191 4.

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trail EPIC- OTIS o. CURRIE, or DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR To GEORGE E. KEARNEY. or

DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

'PAPER-ROLL HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 17,1914.

Application filed April 3. 1914. Serial No. 8313332.

. To all whom it may concern Be it known that 1, Gus (7. Cream, a citizen of the United States, residing at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michigan, have invented acertain new and useful Improvement in Paper Roll Holders. and declare the following to be a full. clear. and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompan 'in; drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This intention relates to paper roll holders and its object is a device for retaining; rolls of paper-towels, toilet paper or the like, in which the paper is in 'a continuous length preferably perforated at regular in tervals crosswise of the strip whereby a portion desired for use may be readily separated fronr the roll and in which the arrangement. of parts is such that the rotation of the roll is so limited that. only a single sheet ma;- be. unwound at each actuation of the device. and, as the sheet is severed from the roll. the control parts" autcmatically return to the original position preparatory for successive operations.-

It is at present commonly the practice with manufacturers of paper of. the character mentioned to supply the user with a number of holders or brackets desired without charge when buying a quantity of prepared rolls for use therewith.

It is one otthe objects of this invention to provide a deiice for the purpose that simple and automatic in operation and, in whihh the cost of manufacture is reduced to a minimum.

Another object of the invention is a device of the character stated that is compact in form and in which the control parts for retaining the roll in position-on the holder and the devices limiting the extent of rota tion of-the roll are wholly inclosed within the core upon which the paper is wound, whereby disarrangementof the parts by accident or intent is avoided.

These and other objects and novel features of construction are hereinafter m re telly described and claimed and shown in the-acccmpanying drawings in which" Figure l is a perspective view of m proved roll holder showin the paper imroll is pi.

' :22 ot' the pin engaging member in position thereon. Fig". 2 is a sectional View taken longitudinally of the holder and paper roll carried thereby. Fig. ll-is a 'i'icw of the mechanism employed tolimitthe rotation of the roll taken on line .n.r of Fig. .2. Fig. i is a detail of the latch used to hold the bracket in the closed position.

Similar characters referto similar parts thr 1 ughoiit the drawings and specification. The bracket 1 is provided with apertures 2. 2. for securing it to a wall or other convenient place of support. and is also provided with a fixed arm 3 and a pivoted arm 4 hinged to the bracket at 5. 3 has a shaft or rod 6 fixedly secured thereto by means of a pin 7 passing through the end of the arm 3 and the shaft. site end of the shaft or .rod (3 rests in a socket 8 in thcend of the. pivoted arm i when closed as shown in Fig. A pin 9 is inserted through the wall or this socketand when the parts are in the position shown in'Fig. 9.. this pin is positioued in a slot 10 in the end of the rod. The rod is also slotted at 11 on the upper side in which slot otall'y sec red the dog or latch 12 having a notched end 1?) adapted to engage over the end of the pin '9 thus holding the pivoted arm l in position. The latchis positioned wholh within the slot 11 in the rod and provided with an enlarged end is beneath which is a s ring 15 tending to hold the notched end 13 in position over tho-end of the pin 9.

Loosely mounted on the shaft 6 and .in contact with the fixed arm- '3 a pin engaging member 16 having notches l7 and 18 as is shown in Fig. either of which may eug'a ge'the pin 1!) fixed in the end of which pin (lOLS not project bethe arm 0 ond the inner face of the member 16. The

member 16 also provided with a pin 20 that may be engaged by the notches 21 or i 23 lviua in contact with the similar member 16. The member 23 I 24- and is also loosely mounted on the shaft. (3. hlncirclina the shaft 6 is a coiled spriufl' lloue end of which is secured to the balt. thejoppositc cud hciu: secur d in the square huh ll. a is howu in Fig. L. in a embling the s ring and the pin engaging memlicis or disks; Ill and 2 the spring l placed The' fined arm' The oppo-j is provided with a square hub RldllSSUEl') under tension bybeing wound up. The pin be. turned to the left until the notch 18 en: gages the pin 19 providing a stop and pre venting further rotation in said direction, and upon release of the said members the spring will return the same to the original position shown in Fig. 3.; v I

The paper roll26 is-ordinarily rolled upon a tubular pasteboard core 21. \Vithin'this tube'2' is preferably placed asecond tube 28 secu d to the tube 27 by tlie use of glue or otherwise, as may be desired. In the ends of'the tube 28 I preferably'insert metal end I If so desired the inner tube 28 may be dis-- pieces or plates 29 and 30. The plate 29 has a central circular aperture preferably flanged toseat' on the rod 6 as is shown in Fig. {The plate 30 is provided with a square flanged aperture at the center adapted to engage over the square hub 24. The aperture is of sufficient, size to pass overthe spring 25 when the roll is being placed on the rod 6, after which the swinging arm 1 is brought to the position shown in Fig. 2, with the end of "the latch member 12 engaging over the pin 9. \Vhen assembled, it is impossible to remove the roll from the core,

except by removing a sheet at a time as heretofore described. When the paper is entirely removed the core is broken to expose the latch member 12 which may then be depressed to release the pivoted arm 4.

ith in which case the metal end d 30 may be pressed into the end a'p I roll core27. As shown in Fig. 30 is pressed into the tube 28 distance to allow the core to exhe disks 16' and 23 so that the said f'partsare not exposed to view.

Asisshmvn in Fig. 1, the-end of the roll usually hangs loosely and the user, to secure a sheet of paper, simply grasps this end of the roll pulling it forward, which act rotates the plates 23 and 16 in the'manner'heretofore described, until the notch 18 strikes the pin 19. This gives a sudden jar to the hand of the operator ordinarily sufiicient to sever the a sheet at the perforated line. The perforations in the sheet are at regular intervals, crosswise thereof, and the arrangement of the notched disks 16 and 23 allows of more than a single rotation of the roll, by reason of the fact that the companion notches in each of the disks are more than a a engages the pin2O whereupon'the member 16 will-also half circle may be seen'in Fig. 3. As the sheetj is severed from'the roll the spring 25 rotates therollin the opposite removed from the roll at'a time and furthermore that the device is'entirely automatic in operation and ;evidently inexpensive to manufacture and; simple in construction, there being but few parts and these of such nature as not to require adjustment or readily become disarranged by accident or intent.

Having thus briefly described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent. of the United States isp 1. In a device of the character described, a bracket, means for rotatably supporting a paper roll thereon, means rotatable by the roll adapted to limit the extent of its rota tion, and a spring normally under tension attached to said means adapted to be wound up bysaid rotation whereby. said means is returned to its originalposition upon release of the roll.

2. In a device of the character described, a bracket, means for rotatably supporting a paper roll thereon, means rotatable .by the roll, means whereby the extent of rotation of said means in either direction is limited, and-a spring adapted to be wound up by rotation of said means whereby the said means is returned to its original position upon release ofthe roll. r

3. In a device. of the character described, a; bracket adapted to support a paper roll,

-a core for said roll, rotatable means carried by the bracket adapted to limit the extent of rotation of the roll in either direction, means the roll being rotatable on the shaft, means rotatable by the roll adapted to limit the extent of such rotation in either direction, the arrangement being such as to allow more than a single revolution of the roll, aspring attached to saidmeans adapted to be wound up by said rotation whereby said means is returned to its originalposition upon release of the roll, and means carried by the shaft adapted to hold the pivoted arm in engagement therewith.

5. In a device of the character described, 1

a bracket having afixed and a pivoted arm, a shaft 'securedto the fixed arm, means for releasably securing the pivoted arm to the shaft, spring controlled means rotatable by the roll adapted to limit the extent of such rotation in either direction, the arrangement being such as to allow more than a single revolution of the roll, and a core for said roll, a rotatable device limited in the extent of its rotation in either direction, a spring attached to said device normall under tension tending to resist rotation t ereof in one direction, and means carried by the-core engaging said device whereby rotation of the roll is limited.

8. In a device of the character described,-

a bracket, a shaft fixed thereto, a double notched disk rotatable on said shaft, means .on the bracket adapted to be engaged by either of said notches whereby said disk is limited in the extent of its rotation in either direction, a second double notcheddisk rotatable on-the shaft having a noncylindrical hub, meanson the first .named disk adapted to be engaged by either notch of said second disk, a-core for said roll, a plate carried by the core apertured to engage over said hub, and a spring having one end attached to the hub and the other end attached to the shaft adapted to resist-rotation of said second plate and hub in one direction.

9. 'In a device of the character described, a bracket, a shaft carried thereby, a. disk rotatable on said shaft, means limiting the extent of rotation of said disk in either direction, a second disk rotatable on the shaft having a non-cylindrical hub, means where by rotation of said second disk relative to said first disk in either direction is limited, a core for a paper roll, a plate carried by the core apertured to engage over said hub,

a spring having one end attached to the hub and the other end attached to the shaftadapted to resist rotation of said second disk and hub in one direction, and releasable means for retaining the roll on the shaft.

10. A device of the character described comprising a bracket having a fixed and a pivoted arm, a shaft carried by the fixed arm, said pivoted arm having a socket for the free end of the shaft, releasable means carried by the shaft adapted to hold said pivoted arm in position to support the shaft end, a doable-notched disk adjacent the fixed arm rotatable on the shaft, a

pin on said arm engageable by either of said notches whereby the extent of rota-- tion of the disk in either direction is limited,

a second notched disk rotatable on the shaft andhaving a non-cylindrical hub, a pin' carried by the first disk engageable by either notch of the second disk, whereby the rotation ofsaid second disk relative to the first disk is limited, a core for the paper roll,

a plate carried by the core near one end apertu'red to engage over said hub, a spring normally .under tension having one end attached to the said hub and the otherfattached to the said shaft adapted to resist rotation of said hub and second, disk in one direction, and a plate in the opposite end 0; 3:16 core apertured to engage over the s a \11. In a paper roll holder, means for holding the roll from longitudinal movement, means rotatable by the roll arranged to allow more than asingle rotation of the roll and limiting the extent of its rotation,

and a spring tending to resist rotation of said means in one direction.

-' 12. In a paper roll holder, a bracket,

means for rotatably supporting the paper rollthereon, a plurality of rotatable elements ac'tuatable by rotation of the roll and each being limited in the extent of its rotation and together limiting the extent of rotation of the roll, and'a spring tending to resist rotation of said element.

13. In a paper rollhholder, a bracket,

means for rotatably supporting a paper roll thereon, a rotatable element, said element being limited in the extent of its rotation in either direction, a core for the paper roll, means on the core continuously engaging said element whereby rotation of the roll and core may rotate the element, and a spring tending to resist. forward rotation of said element.

14; In a paper roll holder, a bracket,-a shaft for the roll carried thereby, a plurality of elements rotatable on the shaft and actuatable by the roll, each element being limited in the extent of its rotation and the combined movement of the elements deter mining the extent of rotation of the roll,

and'a spring for returning the roll and coactuated parts to their original relation.

' 15. In a paper roll holder,means for limiting the extent of rotation of the roll, consisting of an element loosely mounted on the roll support and rotatable by they roll, a.- spring tending to resist rotation of said element in one direction, and a second element coiiperating with the said rotatable element limiting'the extent of its rotation in a manner to allow more than a single revolution thereof.

16. In a paper roll holder, means for limitin the extent of rotation of the roll,

consisting of an element rotatable by the r011, a. spring tending t u resist- ;otatiqn of lntestimbny whereof, flsign this specifisaid; element in one direction, and a second cafion in thgpresenc'e oftwo Witnesses.

element cO'CS era-ting with the said. i'qtatable elment limiting the extent of its rotation Witnesses: ill-a mal'mer to, allow lhor'e than a single RUBY 'L. 060K, revolution vthereof. CHARLES E. WISNER.

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